Playing the manager of a run-down Orlando motel is the culmination of an amazing career of film roles for the twice Oscar-nominated actor.
THE FLORIDA PROJECT
The past month has been a dark time for Hollywood, which is why we need feel-good stories like these two more than ever.
“I know this is a movie, and that Moonee and Halley aren’t real, but in creating them, Sean Baker has captured something deeply true, and these images are spilling over with life, unruly and hard to categorize from one moment to the next,” writes Drew McWeeny.
After making waves at the Cannes Film Festival, where it was picked up by A24, the new film from the acclaimed director of Tangerine gets its first trailer that gives some idea why the critics raved over the movie as well as Dafoe’s performance.
June Pictures is set to produce The Florida Project, the next film for Tangerine director/writer Sean Baker.
A 7-year-old girl and her friends enjoy an adventurous summer break while their parents struggle with their own hard times.
